She and her three sisters were orphaned in 1208; that year, her father was murdered, and a few months later her mother died following the birth of a fifth daughter, who did not live either.[4]

[edit]Marriage and children

Kunigunge soon moved to Prague, where her fiancé Wenceslaus lived. He was the eldest surviving son of Ottokar I of Bohemia and his second wife Constance of Hungary. [5] (Constance was a daughter of Béla III of Hungary and Agnes of Antioch [6] ). In 1224, Kunigunde married Wenceslaus. They were crowned in 1228.[7]

In 1230, Wenceslaus succeeded his father, with Kunigunde as his Queen consort. However, Queen Kunigunde seems to be not important in politics, though she was the founder of monasteries. They had five children [8]:

Agnes of Bohemia (d. 10 August 1268). Married Henry III, Margrave of Meissen.

An unnamed daughter. Died young.

When Wenceslaus childless brother Přemysl, Margrave of Moravia, died in 1239, sons of Wenceslaus and Kunigunde was the only chances for survival of the House of Přemysl. The first-born son Vladislaus died in 1247. His mother probably sorrowed for him not as much as her husband, who was heart-broken.

In 1248, younger son Přemysl was enticed by discontented nobles to lead a rebellion against his father. Queen Kunigunde stayed in Prague, but died during this revolt on 13 September 1248. Neither husband nor son paid a visit on her funeral. She was buried in Agnes nunnery.

The rebellion was defeated and Ottokar was imprisoned by his father, but released shortly afterwards.